Roxas or Rojas? Mar addresses Facebook rumor

ABS-CBN News

MANILA - Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II denied Monday any links to businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles amid rumors in social media that he has a cousin who allegedly worked for the alleged mastermind in the P10 billion pork scam.

Roxas said he does not know a certain Johnny Roxas, allegedly a cousin who is rumored to be a former agent of JLN Group of Companies.

Blogs and Facebook posts earlier claimed that a certain Johnny Roxas used to work for Napoles until they had an alleged falling-out over commissions.

The DILG Secretary's statement came on the same day that National Bureau of Investigation Director Nonnatus Rojas tendered his resignation to President Aquino after the President lambasted "untrustworthy" NBI men who might have tipped off Napoles about her arrest.

Malacañang later said the President continues to trust the NBI chief even as there is no action taken yet on his resignation.

In the interview, Roxas said he has no information about an alleged leak in the NBI that allowed Napoles to evade arrest.

He also said his involvement in the Napoles case is over now that the businesswoman has been brought to Fort Santo Domingo in Santa Rosa, Laguna.